Here is a recent poll from a state that Trump won by about 9 1/2 points.
I do NOT present this as being definitive for his re-election. A poll taken in late 2017 may little resemble what happens in 2020.

I am not presenting the poll because of what it might say about 2020.
I am presenting it because of what it says about today.

Given the strong economy, a sitting president should be much more popular than this.
Conventional wisdom has always held that the pocketbook determines presidential elections.
One guy even posted signs saying "IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID"

But, are we starting to see the rising importance of two other 'E" words?
"Embarrassment", and "Exhaustion" may be the new key terms.
I sense a growing sense of weariness with The Show. The idiotic cackling on twitter wears thin.
It's tawdry, repetitive, and ultimately boring.



Iowa Poll: 60 percent of Iowans disapprove of Donald Trump's job performance

Iowans believe the country’s headed in the wrong direction and that President Donald Trump isn’t doing a good job.

Sixty percent of respondents to this month’s Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll say the United States has gotten off on the wrong track, and 60 percent likewise disapprove of the job Trump, a Republican, is doing as president.

“It just seems like it’s one big mess,” said poll respondent Nick Ford, a Navy veteran and businessman from Cedar Rapids.

Ford, a 49-year-old political independent, lamented the “general craziness” of the country’s political arena and the “unprofessionalism” he sees in the White House.

The president, he said, “seems overwhelmed by the task. I didn’t vote for him, but I was hoping some things would change. I don’t think anything’s really changed — for the better, anyway.”

Trump’s 35-percent job approval rating marks a sharp decline from earlier this year in Iowa. In the July Iowa Poll, 43 percent of respondents approved of Trump’s effort, while 52 percent disapproved, a differential of 9 percentage points. Now, he’s 25 points under water.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2017/12/14/iowa-poll-60-percent-iowans-disapprove-donald-trumps-job-performance/945229001/

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